October Events @ Root Camp
Cultivating deeper connection in community
My name is Liz Barney, and I’m so excited to welcome you to our very first month of Root Camp - a social club based in Washtenaw County designed to cultivate deeper connections and a more relational culture between people and place.
As a community organizer, I have been to a lot of what I like to call “Level 1” community events - larger networking events that are a great place to make initial connections and expand your network. I’ve also participated in a number of events that I would call “Level 3” events - closed circle, tightly knit dinner parties and invite-only gatherings between people who know each other well. Root Camp was designed to cultivate more “Level 2” opportunities for people to collaborate and build on initial connections and go deeper.
Whether you are on a first date, or at a networking event, everyone always leads with the same question: “So…. what do you do?” And while it’s a great place to start, we don’t always have a good way to transition from the initial, more transactional connection of what you do into the deeper level who you are.
With that in mind, I’m kicking off the first month of Root Camp with a few intimate events to experiment with ways to invite attendees to be a participant, not just a recipient. Consider this a social lab, of sorts, and you are all invited to join as fellow social scientists in exploring and reporting your observations as we openly chat about how we can create the community we want to see. Because whether you are sharing your energy, your talent, your stories, your food, or your inspiration, everyone has something to bring to the table.
October Events:
10.10 The Open Spoon | Friday | 11:30am-1pm | (free)
A lunchtime potluck of stories and food in a collaborative storytelling circle.
10.19 Down To Earth Dinner | Sunday | 5:30-9:30pm | (donation-based)
An tastemakers table of locally grown ingredients and the stories behind them.
10.22 Brew’d | Wednesday | 5-6PM | (free)
A casual gut-happy hour to chat and sample Kombucha brews.
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